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mission, until six o'clock, the hour of closing. We remember but few- 

 occasions in this town on which we have witnessed so numerous an assem- 

 blage of the fashionables of this part of the country; and so great a pro- 

 portion of beauty, as was exhibited in the female part of the company which 

 attended on this occasion, is rarely to be met with in places of considerably 

 greater magnitude. Both from the number and the evident satisfaction of 

 the visitors with the beauty and variety of the objects submitted to their 

 inspection on Thursday, we may reasonably anticipate that the future ex- 

 hibitions of this Society will become favourite objects of patronage with 

 our townspeople and neighbours ; and one combining in a higher degree the 

 several features of beauty, usefulness, and amusement, it would certainly be 

 difficult to find. The prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Auriculas. 1 . Rider's Waterloo and Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. Buckley, 

 Chester; 2. Rawson's Badajoz and Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. Whalley. 

 Green-edged: 1. Booth's Freedom, Mr. Whalley ; 2. Moor's Jubilee, Mr. 

 Buckley ; 3. Howard's Nelson, Mr. T. Harrison ; 4. Rider's Waterloo, Mr. 

 Buckley; 5. Taylor's Ploughboy, and 6. Rider's Sovereign, Mr. Whalley, 

 Grey-edged : 1. Grime's Privateer, and 2. Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. Buck- 

 ley; Z. Ashworth's Rule-all, and 4. Thomson's Bang-up, Mr. Whalley ; 

 5. Wilcock's Jenny, Mr. Gandy ; 6. Thomson's Revenge, Mr. Whalley j 

 White-edged : 1, Taylor's Glory, Mr. Gandy; 2. Taylor's Incomparable, 

 Mr. Colquitt; 3. Leigh's Venus, and 4. Pot's Regulator, Mr. Bruce; 5. 

 Kenyon's Lord Chancellor, Mr. Bruce; 6. Hughes's Pillar of Beauty, Mr. 

 Wheeler. Self-coloured: 1 . Redman's Metropolitan, and 2. Bury's Lord 

 Lee, Mr. Whalley ; 5. Pulford's George the Fourth, Mr. Wheeler ; 4. Pul- 

 ford's True Blue, and 5. Flora's Flag, Mr. Buckley; 6. Gorton's Goldfinch, 

 Mr. Powell. Shaded selfs : 1. Ancient Lady, Mr. Gandy; 2. Beauty of 

 Everton, Mr. Bruce; 3. Unknown, Mr. Powell ; 4. Seedling, Mr. W. Smith. 

 Seedling: 1. Mr, Pulford. Maiden shoivers: Green-edged, Mr. Wheeler; 

 grey-edged, Mr. Smith; white-edged, Mrs. Rathbone; self-coloured, Mr. 

 Colquitt. 



Polyanthuses. 1. Pearson's Alexander, Mr. Buckley; 2. Collier's Prin- 

 cess Royal, Mr. Whalley ; 3. Fletcher's Defiance, Mr. Buckley ; 4. Taylor's 

 Nelson, Mr. Bruce; 5. Yorkshire Regent; Mr. Buckley; 6. Stead's Tele- 

 graph, Mr. Harrison. 



Plants. Stove: 1. Cactus speciosa,, J. A. Yates, Esq.; 2. Amaryllis 

 Johnsonz'a var., John Moss, Esq.; 3. Gloxinm speciosa, Mrs. Cropper; 4. 

 Musa coccinea, Mrs. Dyson; 5. Amaryllis purpurea, Mr, Smith, Fulwood. 

 Green-house : 1 . Azalea indica alba, 2. Corrae^a speciosa, and 3. Azalea Indica 

 purpurea, Mrs. Davies ; 4. Epacris grandiflora, Mrs. Thomas Earle ; 5. Pri- 

 mula sinensis alba, Mrs. Whalley. Herbaceous: 1, 7>/imulus liiteus var., 

 Mr. Davies; 2. Primula coi'i\\?,dides, Mrs. Cropper; 3. /Saxifraga crassi- 

 folia, Mr. Whalley. 



Ericas, 1 . E. nigrita, and 2. E. pub^scens major, Mr. Davis ; 3. E. 

 vestita rosea, Mr. Dyson; 4. E. persoliita alba, and 5. ii". acuta, Mr. Davies. 

 Bosket of Flowers. 1. Mr. Whalley; 2. Mrs. Cropper. 

 Culinary Vegetables. Brace of Cucumbers : 1. H. Blundell, Esq. ; 2. Mr. 

 R. Roskell, Asparagus: 1, Mrs. Cropper; 2. Mr. Whalley. Rhubarb: 1. 

 Mr.Horsfall; 2. Mr. Whallej'. French Beans: I.Mrs. Dyson; 2. William 

 Earle, Esq. New Potatoes: 1 and 2. Mrs. Rathbone. Sea-kale: 1. Mr. 

 Whalley; 2. Mrs. Rathbone. Mushrooms: 1. William Earle, Esq.; 2. 

 Mrs. Rathbone. Broccoli: 1. Mr. Smith, Fulwood; 2. William Earle, 

 Esq. Cabbages: 1 and 2. Mrs. Rathbone. 



Fl-Jiit. Plate of Apples : 1. Mrs. Cropper ; 2. H. Blundell, Esq. Pears: 

 Mrs; Cropper. White Grapes: Mr. Smith, Fullwood. 

 Hyacinths. Red, white, blue, and yellow, Mr. Whalley. 

 Extra Prizes. Strawberries, Mr. R. Roskell ; basket of flowers, W. 

 Earle, Esq. ; lettuces, Thomas Case, Esq. ; Hhwahirgia alata, Mrs. Rath- 



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